Precinct of Amun-Re
The Precinct of Amun-Re, located near Luxor, Egypt, is one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak Temple Complex. The precinct is by far the largest of these and the only one that is open to the general public.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: building in Egypt
- Also known as: “Karnak precinct of Amun-Ra”, “Ma`bad al Karnak”, “Precinct of Amun-Ra”, and “Temple of Karnak”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Hypostyle Hall and Temple of Amun at Karnak.
Great Hypostyle Hall
Ruins
The Great Hypostyle Hall is located within the Karnak Temple Complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re. It is one of the most visited monuments of Ancient Egypt.
Temple of Amun at Karnak
Archaeological site
Photo: حسني بن بارك, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Temple of Amun at Karnak is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 4½ km west of Precinct of Amun-Re.
Precinct of Amun-Re
- Categories: Egyptian temple, temple complex, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Luxor Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Precinct of Amun-Re” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فناء آمون-رع”
- Arabic: “معبد الكرنك”
- Armenian: “Ամոնի տաճարը Կառնակում”
- Catalan: “Gran Temple d’Amon”
- Cebuano: “Ma‘bad al Karnak”
- Dutch: “Grande tempio di Amon”
- Dutch: “Tempel van Amon (Karnak)”
- Dutch: “Tempel van Amon”
- French: “enceinte d’Amon-Rê”
- French: “Enceinte d’Amon-Rê”
- German: “Tempel des Amun-Re”
- German: “Tempelbezirk des Amun-Re”
- Hebrew: “מקדש אמון”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Amun”
- Italian: “Grande tempio di Amon”
- Japanese: “アメン＝ラーの地”
- Latvian: “Amona templis”
- Latvian: “Amona-Ra templis”
- Persian: “محوطه آمون-رع”
- Portuguese: “Recinto de Amon-Rá”
- Spanish: “recinto de Amón-Ra”
- Spanish: “Recinto de Amón-Ra”
- Swedish: “Ma‘bad al Karnak”
- Tamil: “ஆமொன் ரா வளாகம்”
- Turkish: “Amon-Ra Bölgesi”
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